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A History of the County of Oxford
… FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green Almshouse and Town Feoffees By 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the … to blanket-workers, but were chosen irrespective of their religious denomination despite a resolution in 1857 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … Collier resigned over his unwillingness, as a convert to Nonconformity, to teach the Anglican catechism, and … by 'bribes of clothing, coal, and bread', suggesting that religious considerations were not paramount among parents, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was … by probably the late 13th century. 267 The existence of a religious guild, perhaps associated with the textile trades, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to … of clothing, and teaching child inmates basic literacy and religious instruction. Contractors also dealt with removals, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and … as the site for the school in 1856. 42 Pastoral Care and Religious Life The Middle Ages to the Reformation 50. Witney … without bitterness that, despite his considerable efforts, Nonconformity remained dominant and apathy widespread. 129 As …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of … reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … to gauge: in the 16th century there were signs of religious conservatism among some of the population, while in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM Despite hints of religious conservatism in the mid 16th century, there is no … but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 only five recusants were reported there. 2 Among … Tempest family lived at Witney in the early 17th century, and in 1641 Francis Rathbone, one of a recusant gentry family …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. … to guide over the heath to the palace: at Homitage was a religious house. Wokingham (All Saints) WOKINGHAM ( All …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. One Quaker and a few Anabaptists were recorded in 1664. 69 John Argor …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … Wye the parish is bounded by a range of limestone hills, and towards the Severn by a rich vale of red marl; it is … nephew to Bishop Pudsey, contemplated the erection of a religious institution at Baxtonford, in Wolsingham-Park, the …